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GenHelp :: Genealogy Help at Your Fingertips

Collection of articles, tips, lessons, tutorials and other educational resources.

GenTutor Heritage Home Page and Genealogy Tutor Tips

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Guide to Family History Research

By Desmond Walls Allen and Carolyn Earle Billingsley.

Jay's Home Page - How to Research Your Genealogy

A short tutorial on how to do genealogy research.

Learning Center

By Linda Haas Davenport. Information on how to use Census Records, Land Records and Military Records in family history research. Plus other interesting information.

Learning Center | FamilySearch.org ^FREE

Lessons, videos, and slides for all genealogical topics and localities.

Let's Talk Genealogy

By Diana L. Smith, from StateGenSites.com.

Research Guidance

From the Family History Library.

Roots by Rebecca

Roots by Rebecca is a family tree research website. Currently it's about the research process and tips on how to research.

SearchMyTree.com

SearchMyTree.com is dedicated to helping genealogists learn more about the subjects required to be a successful family tree researcher. From basics to genetic genealogy, SearchMyTree has some information for everyone. All material is free.

ShoeString Genealogy

ShoeString Genealogy provides Family Historians with information about how to research their ancestors both in the Internet and in libraries and other repositories. Besides how, it will provide where — locations for information and the relative value of each.

ShoeString Genealogy: Goal Oriented Research

Instructional. How to research more efficiently and effectively.

Standards for Sound Genealogical Research

Recommended by the National Genealogical Society.

Standards for Using Records Repositories and Libraries

Recommended by the National Genealogical Society.

Strictly Rocky Mountain - Ask-A-Genie

Genealogists answer your questions and give you direction to help you in your family research.

Susans Genealogy Blog

A genealogy blog tailored for beginner to professional audiences, and featuring research tips, trials, frustrations, and successes.

TechTips | FamilySearch

The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy - Ancestry.com Wiki

The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy is a reference book published by Ancestry Publishing. The first edition was published in 1984 and was edited by Arlene H. Eakle and Johni Cerny. A revised edition, edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, was published in 1997. The current edition, the third, was published in 2006 and was also edited by Szucs and Luebking. In 2010, Ancestry.com digitized the content of The Source and made it available in wiki format as one of the foundational sources for the Ancestry.com Wiki. Each chapter has been broken into one or more series of articles.

Trace Your Ancestors

Guide to tracing your ancestors online. Where to find family history records.

Treasure Maps: The How-To Genealogy Site